Doxycycline

Krajina: Arménsko

Jazyk: angličtina

Zdroj: Դեղերի և բժշկական տեխնոլոգիաների փորձագիտական կենտրոնի գործունեության Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունում

Aktívna zložka:

doxycycline (doxycycline hyclate)

Dostupné z:

Chanelle Medical

INN (Medzinárodný Name):

doxycycline (doxycycline hyclate)

Dávkovanie:

100mg

Forma lieku:

capsules

Typ predpisu:

Prescription

Príbalový leták

ID: L 9M-IE
VERSION: 01
EFFECTIVE DATE: 17/06/10
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PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
DOXYCYCLINE
100 MG CAPSULES
Doxycycline Hyclate
IN THIS LEAFLET:
1.
What Doxycycline is and what it is used for.
2.
Before you take Doxycycline.
3.
How to take Doxycycline.
4.
Possible side effects.
5.
How to store Doxycycline..
6.
Further Information.
Doxycycline is one of a group of medicines called tetracycline
antibiotics. It is used to treat many different
types of infections.
You may be given Doxycycline by your doctor to treat infections such
as:
•
Chest, lung or nasal infections e.g. bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis.
•
Urinary tract infections e.g. cystitis, urethritis.
•
Acne which is a skin infection.
•
Eye infections.
•
Sexually transmitted diseases e.g. gonorrhoea, syphilis, chlamydia.
•
Fevers associated with louse or tick bites.
•
Malaria, when chloroquine is not effective.
Doxycycline is also used to prevent certain infections developing,
these are scrub typhus, travellers'
diarrhoea, malaria and leptospirosis.
Your doctor may want you to take Doxycycline to treat another
infection not listed above. You may also be
prescribed an additional medicine to take with Doxycycline to treat
your infection. If in doubt talk to your
doctor.
DO NOT TAKE DOXYCYCLINE
•
If you been told you are allergic to Doxycycline or any other
tetracycline antibiotic.
•
If you are allergic to any of the other ingredients in Doxycycline.
•
If you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant.
•
If you are breast feeding
•
If you are under the age of 12 years.
Tetracyclines should not be used during tooth development (during
pregnancy, infancy and children below
12 years old) as such use may lead to permanent discolouration or
underdevelopment of the teeth (yellow-
grey-brown).
TAKE SPECIAL CARE WITH DOXYCYCLINE
•
If you are likely to be exposed to strong sunlight or ultraviolet
light (e.g. on a sun bed)
•
If you have liver problems
•
If you have myasthenia gravis (a disease which causes

Súhrn charakteristických

ID: S9M-IE
VERSION: 01
EFFECTIVE DATE: 22/07/10
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SUMMARY OF THE PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Doxycycline
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each capsule contains 100 mg doxycycline as doxycycline hyclate.
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Capsule, hard.
Size 1 capsules with white body and an opaque blue cap.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Doxycycline has been found clinically effective in the treatment of a
variety of
infections caused by susceptible strains of Gram-positive and
Gram-negative
bacteria and certain other micro-organisms.
Respiratory tract infections:
Pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections due to
susceptible strains of
_Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella
pneumoniae_ and
other organisms. _Mycoplasma pneumoniae_ pneumonia. Treatment of
chronic
bronchitis, sinusitis.
Urinary tract infections caused by susceptible strains of Klebsiella
species,
_Enterobacter species, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus faecalis_ and
other organisms.
Sexually transmitted diseases:
Infections due to _Chlamydia trachomatis_ including uncomplicated
urethral,
endocervical or rectal infections. Non-gonococcal urethritis caused by
_Ureaplasma _
_urealyticum_ (T-mycoplasma). Doxycycline is also indicated in
chancroid, granuloma
inguinale and lymphogranuloma venereum. Doxycycline is an alternative
drug in the
treatment of gonorrhoea and syphilis.
Skin infections:
Acne vulgaris
and acne conglobata.
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Since Doxycycline is a member of the tetracycline series of
antibiotics, it may be
expected to be useful in the treatment of infections which respond to
other
tetracyclines, such as:
Ophthalmic infections: Doxycycline is indicated in the treatment of
trachoma,
although the infectious agent is not always eliminated. Inclusion
conjunctivitis may
be treated with oral Doxycycline alone or in combination with topical
agents.
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